Date: 04/07/2014

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB14-1268

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Postpone House Bill 14-1268 indefinitely. The motiPASS



01:38 PM -- HB14-1268

Representative Hamner, Chair, welcomed the committee and audience members. Representative Salazar, sponsor, introduced House Bill 14-1268, which prohibits school districts from placing nonprobationary teachers on indefinite unpaid leave in the event that no principal chooses to hire those teachers. He discussed the number of teachers placed on indefinite unpaid leave, the ethnic makeup of the group placed on indefinite unpaid leave, and how older and minority teachers are placed on indefinite unpaid leave in Denver Public Schools (DPS) at higher rates. He explained the unintended consequences of Senate Bill 10-191. He pointed out the number of teachers placed on mutual consent assignments in DPS and argued that placing a teacher on indefinite unpaid leave is tantamount to termination without due process. Representative Salazar discussed how DPS has engaged in this process more than any other district, and explained his conversations with board members of DPS and representatives of the Colorado Education Association (CEA) before drafting the bill. He explained that CEA will reconsider its lawsuit against DPS if the General Assembly produces a legislative fix to the problem. He discussed three proposed amendments to the bill (Attachments A, B, and C). He explained his decision to request that the bill be postponed indefinitely and stated his intent to bring the bill back next year.

14HseEd0407AttachA.pdf14HseEd0407AttachA.pdf 14HseEd0407AttachB.pdf14HseEd0407AttachB.pdf

14HseEd0407AttachC.pdf14HseEd0407AttachC.pdf


Committee members commented on the bill and on Representative Salazar's efforts.
BILL:HB14-1268
TIME: 01:50:05 PM
MOVED:Peniston
MOTION:Postpone House Bill 14-1268 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:Buckner
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
Yes
Fields
Yes
Holbert
Yes
McNulty
Yes
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
Yes
Wilson
Yes
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



01:55 PM

The committee recessed.